This paper is inspired by a manual picking retail company where shape and weight constraints affect the order-picking process. We proposed an alternative clustering similarity index that considers the similarity, the weight and the shape of products. This similarity index was further...

In this paper we consider an inventory location that serves downstream nodes (e. g. production processes, regional warehouses or customers) in a supply chain. It is pointed out, that the overall optimization of logistical processes should be based on the order delivery time as a critical...